Bears have been increasingly encroaching into Japan's towns due to factors ranging from a declining human population to ...

Police in northern Japan found four people who were victims of an apparent bear attack near a village office in Akita ...

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Japan is having its deadliest year ever for bear attacks. Eight people have been killed and 100 injured. Last week, a bear ...

Japan has seen a marked increase in bear attacks in 2025 — including seven fatal attacks, up from 5 fatal bear deaths in 2024 ...

A man was killed and three others were believed to have been seriously injured in a bear attack near a village office in ...

A bear attack in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Akita left one man dead and three others injured on Friday. At around 11:10 a.m., an emergency call was made reporting that a person had been atta ...

The figures do not include a suspected bear attack involving a 60-year-old hot spring worker who went missing on Thursday ...

Experts say warmer weather is also affecting the hibernation patterns of bears, which can weigh 1,100 pounds and outrun a ...

A bear rampaged through the sushi section of a supermarket in central Japan Tuesday, the latest in a series of attacks that ...

Japan's new Environment Minister Hirotaka Ishihara called the bear attacks "a big problem, a serious problem".

Billy Halloran knows the woods well in Myoko, Japan; he goes there for regular walks, runs, and even raced an ultramarathon ...